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Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair

Esther Ronay
Susan Shapiro
Francine Winham
1978 United Kingdom 75 minutes English
© Bfi

Using animated sequences, overlaid text and dramatization, this feminist film revisits the Grimms’ fairy tale in order to challenge its moral values, which implicitly promote women’s social dependency on men.

Production :
BFI Production Board
Editing :
Esther Ronay; Laka Koc; Benni Lees; Ruthie Smith; Margaret Ford; Rachel Steel; Dave Swarbrick; Mica Nava; Suzie Hickford; Jessica Swift; Kathy Idden; Christopher Ettridge; Patricia Leventon; Susan Shapiro; Francine Winham
Sound :
Judy Freeman
Photography :
Francine Winham; Diane Tammes / Animation Åsa Sjöström; Susan Shapiro

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